Sales assistants support daily operations in shops and warehouses. This is a great role if you want to get started in retail. What is a sales assistant?
Sales assistants work across many industries assisting customers to purchase goods and services. As a sales assistant you may:
* help customers and answer enquiries
* process transactions
* clean and maintain the store.
Product knowledge and a passion for customer service are essential to the role.
The median weekly earnings for sales assistants (general) in Australia is $1,112.
Job demand in Victoria
Below are the employment projections for sales assistant (general) jobs in Victoria. Figures show the number of workers in 2024 and the new workers expected to enter the workforce by 2027 and 2034.
'New workers expected' accounts for workers adding new jobs to the economy and replacing retirees over the next 3 and 10 years. These projections are estimates only.
Employment Projections
* Victoria: 152,767 workers in 2024, 12,049 new workers expected by 2027, 54,413 by 2034
* Melbourne - inner metropolitan: 14,871 workers, 1,461 new workers by 2027, 5,915 by 2034
* Melbourne - inner south-east metropolitan: 12,599 workers, 746 new workers by 2027, 3,601 by 2034
* Melbourne - southern metropolitan: 24,679 workers, 1,645 new workers by 2027, 7,976 by 2034
* Melbourne - northern metropolitan: 19,506 workers, 1,746 new workers by 2027, 8,235 by 2034
* Melbourne - eastern metropolitan: 20,700 workers, 1,237 new workers by 2027, 6,255 by 2034
* Melbourne - western metropolitan: 20,412 workers, 2,329 new workers by 2027, 10,104 by 2034
* Ballarat and surrounds (Central Highlands): 4,608 workers, 336 new workers by 2027, 1,582 by 2034
* Bendigo, Echuca and surrounds (Loddon Campaspe): 6,312 workers, 469 new workers by 2027, 2,049 by 2034
* Geelong, Colac and surrounds (Barwon): 9,133 workers, 770 new workers by 2027, 3,647 by 2034
* Gippsland: 7,229 workers, 623 new workers by 2027, 2,159 by 2034
* Horsham and surrounds (Wimmera Southern Mallee): 1,202 workers, 40 new workers by 2027, 220 by 2034
* Mildura, Swan Hill and surrounds (Mallee): 2,603 workers, 84 new workers by 2027, 485 by 2034
* Shepparton, Seymour and surrounds (Goulburn): 3,024 workers, 191 new workers by 2027, 778 by 2034
* Wangaratta, Wodonga and surrounds (Ovens Murray): 3,091 workers, 258 new workers by 2027, 825 by 2034
* Warrnambool, Hamilton and surrounds (Great South Coast): 2,795 workers, 115 new workers by 2027, 581 by 2034
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